Since 1999, I've interviewed nearly 300 authors, from Carly Phillips to Daniel Black, from Bernice McFadden to M.J. Rose, and I always ask, "What advice would you give to writers looking to be published?"
In all the interviews, six pieces of advice seem to resonate:
1- Write from the heart
2- Support and inspire new authors
3- Don't follow trends
4- Don't write for riches
5- Promote. Promote. Promote.
6- Never give up
In other words, writers should be connected to their writing (1, 3, 4), pay it forward (2), know their work and find avenues to sell that work (1, 5), and remember the road is hard but there is light at the end of the writing journey (6).
What quickie advice would you offer to writers looking to be published?
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Writing in 140 is my attempt to say something somewhat relevant about writing in 140 words or less.
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